Conveyer



C. DAVIS.

CONVEYER'.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT1.24, 1919.

1,370, 7, Patented Mar. 1, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET l- WITNESS: INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

C. DAVIS.

CONVEYERI APPLICATION FIL'ED SEPT. 24, 1919'.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

2 SHEET$-SHEET 2- WITNESS: IN YEN TOR.

I ATTORNEY.

CHARLES DAVIS, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.

CONVEYER.

Application filed September 24, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crmnnns DAVIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Blair, in the county of Vdashington and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of a conveyor primarily designed for carrying ashes or the like from a basement or cellar to a position above the surface to be dumped.

To this end, the invention embodies a track including a fixed section and a relatively movable 86601011, and a receptacle adapted to travel over said track, the movable section operating to dump the receptacle at a predetermined time.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the fol lowing detail description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as claimed. I

In the drawings forming part of this specification like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein 2-- Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the normal position of the parts.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the dumpg position of the movable track section. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the fixed and movable track section, at their pointof connection.

The device forming the subject matter of my invention comprises a track which may vary in width and length, it being understood that the track is primarily intended for conveying ashes or the like from a basement or cellar of a building. The track embodies a fixed section 10 which projects above the wall A of the basement or cellar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 325,973.

section 10. A refuse receptacle 14 is arranc'ed to travel over the rails of the track section and is equipped with wheels 15 for this purpose. These wheels are arranged above and below the tracks, engaging the latter in a manner with the movable section of the tracks when the receptacle 14 assumes a discharge position as illustrated in Fig. 3. Any suitable means may be employed for propelling the. receptacle 14 over the track from the basement or cellar upon the movable section. 11 to be dumped. However as shown in this specific instance, use is made of a drum 16 supported by the bracket 17 from one of the rails of the fixed section 10, the drum being provided with a crank handle 18 by means of which it may be rotated in reverse direction. Arranged at appropriate points upon the fixed and movable sections of the track, are pulleys 19 over which the cable 20 from the drum is trained to its point of connection with the receptacle 14. Connecting the rails of both the fixed and movable sections of the track, are substantially U-shaped braces 21 which project from one side of the track sections and sup port a central or intermediate bar 22 which affords the track as a whole maximum strength and rigidity.

In practice, the receptacle 14, filled with ashes of other refuse, arranged in the basement or cellar of the dwelling is moved upwardly over the fixed section 10 of the track by rotating the drum 16 in the proper direction. When the receptacle 14 passes from the fixed section 10 onto the pivoted section 11, the latter assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 3 in which position the contents of the receptacle 14 are discharged therefrom. The pulley 19 is arranged off center with respect to the pivot 12, being higher than the latter to cause the parts to assume a dumping position. Subsequent to the dump- 'ing of the receptacle 14, the cable is slackened whereupon the weights 24 automatically return the movable section 11 and the receptacle 14 to a vertical position from where the receptacle 14 can be lowered over the fxed section 10 into the basement or cellar. The receptacle 14 is checked in its upward movement by means of the stops 25 arranged at the upper end of the movable track section.

While I have shown and described what I consider the preferred embodiment of the invention I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to this exact construction and arrangement, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

I/Vhat I claim is In a device of the class described, a track including a straight vertically disposed portion, a lower portion and an upper portion including a fixed section and a movable section, the latter being normally disposed to form a continuation of the fixed section, a wheeled receptacle arranged to travel over the track, a drum, a cable wound about the drum and connected with the receptacle for moving the latter over said traclgguide pul- 15 leys carried by the track and over which said cable is trained, one of said pulleys being disposed adjacent the pivot of the 1novable track section and offset relatively thereto, said movable section gravitating under 20 returning the latter together with said re- 25 ceptacle to their normal positions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES DAVIS. 

